Wax and Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture (Midway Reprint)
ISBN-13:
9780226475660
ISBN-10:
0226475662
Author:
Donald N. Levine
Publication date:
1965
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
Format:
Paperback
332 pages
Category:
Ethiopia
,
African History
,
North Africa
,
Cultural
,
Anthropology
,
Sociology
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ISBN-13:
9780226475660
ISBN-10:
0226475662
Author:
Donald N. Levine
Publication date:
1965
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
Format:
Paperback
332 pages
Category:
Ethiopia
,
African History
,
North Africa
,
Cultural
,
Anthropology
,
Sociology
Summary
Wax and Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture (Midway Reprint) (ISBN-13: 9780226475660 and ISBN-10: 0226475662), written by authors
Donald N. Levine, was published by University of Chicago Press in 1965.
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Description
In Abyssinian poetry, the wax” is the obvious meaning, the gold” is the hidden meaning. In Wax and Gold, Donald N. Levine explores mid-to-late-twentieth-century Ethiopian society on the same two levels, using modern sociology and psychology to seek answers to the following questions: What is the nature of the traditional culture of the dominant ethnic group, the Amhara, and what are its enduring values? What aspects of modern culture interest this society and by what means has it sought to institutionalize them? How has tradition both facilitated and hampered Ethiopian efforts to modernize? Enriched by the use of Ethiopian literature and by Levine’s deep knowledge of and affection for the society of which he writes, Wax and Gold is both a scholarly and a personal work.
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